hashcat VS hcxtools

Compare hashcat vs hcxtools and see what are their differences.

hashcat

World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility (by hashcat)

hcxtools

A small set of tools to convert packets from capture files to hash files for use with Hashcat or John the Ripper. (by ZerBea)
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hashcat hcxtools
103 6
19,873 1,872
2.2% -
8.8 9.1
6 days ago about 1 month ago
C C
- MIT License
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hashcat

Posts with mentions or reviews of hashcat. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-03.

hcxtools

Posts with mentions or reviews of hcxtools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-16.
  • How to capture a handshake, I own a macOS
    5 projects | /r/hacking | 16 May 2023
    . . .´ · . . · `. wifite 2.2.5 : : : (¯) : : : automated wireless auditor `. · ` /¯\ ´ · .´ https://github.com/derv82/wifite2 ` /¯¯¯\ ´ [!] Error: Required app iwconfig was not found. install @ apt-get install wireless-tools [!] Warning: Recommended app bully was not found. install @ https://github.com/aanarchyy/bully [!] Warning: Recommended app pyrit was not found. install @ https://github.com/JPaulMora/Pyrit/wiki [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxdumptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxdumptool [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxpcaptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools [!] At least 1 Required app is missing. Wifite needs Required apps to run main:~ lung$
  • Some Pwnagotchi Pr0n ;-)
    2 projects | /r/pwnagotchi | 4 Jan 2023
    I really, really would love to get DiscoHash working but the pre-req of getting hcxtools built on the Pwnagotchi is currently broken.
  • Wifite Issues
    4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 7 Apr 2022
    [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxpcaptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools
  • How do i perform pmkid on ap?
    2 projects | /r/HowToHack | 8 Feb 2022
  • pcap file wont be converted
    1 project | /r/pwnagotchi | 16 Jul 2021
    > git clone https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools.git
  • At least 1 Required app is missing. Wifite needs Required apps to run
    7 projects | /r/Ubuntu | 26 Apr 2021
    [!] Error: Required app aircrack-ng was not found. install @ https://www.aircrack-ng.org/install.html [!] Error: Required app iwconfig was not found. install @ apt-get install wireless-tools [!] Error: Required app ifconfig was not found. install @ apt-get install net-tools [!] Warning: Recommended app reaver was not found. install @ https://github.com/t6x/reaver-wps-fork-t6x [!] Warning: Recommended app bully was not found. install @ https://github.com/aanarchyy/bully [!] Warning: Recommended app pyrit was not found. install @ https://github.com/JPaulMora/Pyrit/wiki [!] Warning: Recommended app tshark was not found. install @ apt-get install wireshark [!] Warning: Recommended app hashcat was not found. install @ https://hashcat.net/hashcat/ [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxdumptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxdumptool [!] Warning: Recommended app hcxpcaptool was not found. install @ https://github.com/ZerBea/hcxtools [!] Warning: Recommended app macchanger was not found. install @ apt-get install macchanger [!] At least 1 Required app is missing. Wifite needs Required apps to run root@localhost:~/wifite2#

What are some alternatives?

When comparing hashcat and hcxtools you can also consider the following projects:

john - John the Ripper jumbo - advanced offline password cracker, which supports hundreds of hash and cipher types, and runs on many operating systems, CPUs, GPUs, and even some FPGAs

esp32-wifi-penetration-tool - Exploring possibilities of ESP32 platform to attack on nearby Wi-Fi networks.

JohnTheRipper - John the Ripper jumbo - advanced offline password cracker, which supports hundreds of hash and cipher types, and runs on many operating systems, CPUs, GPUs, and even some FPGAs [Moved to: https://github.com/openwall/john]

pwnagotchi - (⌐■_■) pwnagotchi

bitcracker - BitCracker is the first open source password cracking tool for memory units encrypted with BitLocker

aircrack-ng - WiFi security auditing tools suite

RsaCtfTool - RSA attack tool (mainly for ctf) - retrieve private key from weak public key and/or uncipher data

hcxdumptool - Small tool to capture packets from wlan devices.

Pyrit - The famous WPA precomputed cracker, Migrated from Google.

wifite2 - Rewrite of the popular wireless network auditor, "wifite"

sngrep - Ncurses SIP Messages flow viewer